According to an international team of educators, active learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning, and challenge-based learning are necessary to provide engineering ...

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...

Many of the concerns listed on this webpage use technology to address problems that may arise when building in active learning. Here you will also find additional resources to help facilitate teaching ...

The main purpose of this study was to assess learners’ preferences of the active learning versus the traditional lecture methods of teaching at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The method most ...

The university’s new Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) classrooms encourage team-based active learning by making it easier for students to collaborate and participate in group work. Each TEAL ...

After more than a decade of teaching in both private and public universities, one thing is clear to me: Traditional teaching methods like slide-to-slide PowerPoint presentations no longer engage ...

Lizélle Pretorius received funding from UNISA as part of a bursary when completing her PhD. She is currently a member of ISATT (International Study Association of Teachers and Teaching) and the Junior ...

Claire Campion, a UW zoology and physiology graduate student from Rochester, Minn., discusses her poster on the assessment of the motivation and growth of graduate students in a grassroots outreach ...